Swift and iOS

#Activity Indicator

var activityIndicator = UIActivityIndicatorView()

...

func initializeActivityIndicator() {
    activityIndicator.activityIndicatorViewStyle = UIActivityIndicatorViewStyle.WhiteLarge
    activityIndicator.color = UIColor.darkGrayColor()
    activityIndicator.center = self.view.center
    // activityIndicator.center = CGPointMake(view.center.x, recentSearchesTableView.center.y)
    activityIndicator.hidesWhenStopped = true
    view.addSubview(activityIndicator)
}

#Alert

self.alert("Oops, we need to go back!") {
    self.navigationController?.popViewControllerAnimated(true)
    return
}

...

private func alert(message: String, completion: () -> Void = {}) {
    let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Error", message: message, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)

    let okAction = UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Default) { (result : UIAlertAction) -> Void in
        completion()
    }

    alertController.addAction(okAction)
    self.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}

#Safe Array Subscript Operator

extension Array {
    subscript (safe index: Int) -> Element? {
        return indices ~= index ? self[index] : nil
    }
}

#Array remove first by value

extension Array where Element: Equatable {
    mutating func remove(_ object: Element) {
        if let index = index(of: object) {
            remove(at: index)
        }
    }
}

#Make entire view resign when tapped

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
    self.endEditing(true)
}

#UITest examples ###Async assertions using NSPredicate

let firstCell = app.cells.elementBoundByIndex(0)

let predicateExists = NSPredicate(format: "exists == 1")
expectationForPredicate(predicateExists, evaluatedWithObject: firstCell, handler: nil)
waitForExpectationsWithTimeout(5, handler: nil)

let cells = app.cells
let predicateGreaterThanZero = NSPredicate(format: "count > 0")
expectationForPredicate(predicateGreaterThanZero, evaluatedWithObject: cells, handler: nil)
waitForExpectationsWithTimeout(5, handler: nil)